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In the days where there is an Uber-for-everything, if you can’t dial up someone to do it for you, it’s hard to get things done. Have you noticed that the hard things really are, still, hard? I found this myself when planning and organizing my wedding. We decided to do it ourselves and do it […]

Timing of Google+ Bodes Well For Enterprise Users And Google Lately, one could say Google’s been a bit absent from the social business party. The premature launch of Google Wave exposed a canvas looking for a masterpiece painting. Failing fast and learning from the Google Wave lesson, Google’s latest offering, Google+ shows promise in bringing […]

I know I’m not alone in my dissatisfaction with web meetings, because I frequently hear the same sentiments expressed by colleagues and associates. We’re all fed up with dialing in to online meetings, waiting for clunky client software to load…

A long time ago Tim Oren scribbled this on a napkin to help explain a little of what he learned about collaboration. We put wikis in the top left, email in the bottom left and IM in the bottom right. He described that at the top right is a collaboration sweet spot, but a place […]

I co-founded Socialtext in 2002, and through eight-years of hard work pioneered the hottest category of Enterprise software. An old Estonian saying says “the work will show you the way.” And what has kept me going through this journey is great people and a continual source of new opportunities. As I’ve written before, startups always […]

When Pfizer launched the first social media channel on SlideShare for a regulated industry, it was met with industry applause, but also some controversy. Case in point, and article Pharma News: Pfizer Channel criticized as ‘not social.’ Various criticisms have been raised against the channel, however, including the fact that it does not allow comments […]

I had the dubious honor of hosting the first Barcamp in Palo Alto, with a Socialtext wiki and office, of course. Since then, Barcamp has been a worldwide phenomenon that has turned events on its head. The Open Space methodology…

SlideShare launched support for business video today: video on slideshare View more videos from Jonathan Boutelle. We already posted some videos into the Socialtext Channel. You can see others by PARC, Eric Ries, the Sustainable Brands events and more. Web2expo,…

A lifetime ago I worked on an Eastern European telecom group’s IPO and one of my favorite slides in my deck was borrowed from Goldman Sachs to paint the picture of a Multimedia Cycle. Yes, I said multimedia, but right…